Maria Israel

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Lee-Anne Hutchinson on 26th January 2022

Age at conviction was 16 Trial was 1789

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Roger Churm on 3rd May 2019

Old Bailey Proceedings April 1789 MARIA ISRAEL,THEFT,Shoplifting,22nd April 1789 354,Maria Israel with indicted for feloniously stealing,on the 6th of April,two pieces of muslin,value 3.1.the property of John Goldwell,privately in his shop. (The witnesses examined separate) John Langard sworn. I live with Mr.Goldwell,on the 6th of April,I was in the shop,No.2,in Sidneys'alley,by myself,it is a haberdasher's shop;between three and five the prisoner and another woman came inf for some muslins;some muslins were on the computer when they came in,I had them in my hand about ten minutes before they came into the shop,I was serving another customer,they bought half a yard,and paid for it;and when they were gone out of the shop into the alley;about a dozen yards,I turned my head round,and saw some muslin under the prisoners arm;I saw one piece and could not tell what it was;just as I got behind her,the prisoner gave one piece to the other woman when she found I was detecting her;I saw another piece on the ground,I am sure I saw a piece under her arm,she had wrapped a piece under her cloak,and it was not quite covered,it was the piece I saw under her arm which she gave the other woman;the woman got off,I snatched the piece from her just as she gave it to her;I never saw the prisoner before to my knowledge,she staid about a quarter of an hour. Did any other person come into the shop,while they were in it,besides the woman you were serving,-No other person. Charles Elliot sworn I produce two pieces of muslin,one of which I saw the prisoner drop, I was accidentally in Sidney's alley,going past I believe it was about four in the afternoon;I saw Langard in the Alley at the time;I did not know what he was doing,but he was among the mob,there was a cry of stop thief.I am sure I saw the prisoner drop the piece,there were not many people. Court.How many.?-there might be two or three dozen people. Court.People enough to obstruct your view ?.-No I saw her put it under her arm before she dropped it. (The muslin deposed by Langard having his private mark) Can you also swear that the piece of muslim was on the counter at the time the woman was in the shop ?.Yes,I had all the pieces in my hand about ten minutes before;and this is the piece I took from the other woman,and which I saw the prisoner give to the other woman;this also was on the counter at the time. Court to Langard.Are these two pieces of muslin new?- Yes What is the value of them?-about three pounds. Prisoner.Where did you see me first?-The corner of Sidney's alley,it Prince's Street. Prisoner.Elliot swore at Justice's,that he saw me drop a piece in Leicester-fields,I was a quarter of an hour in the shop before any constable came;I was sitting in the back parlor. Elliot.There was no such the. PRISONERS DEFENCE. I went into this gentleman's shop;what I asked for I brought and paid for;I went out,and this gentleman came out,and he had some muslim with him;he brought me ba;two or three of the neighbours came into the shop,and a constable came in;I did not think that my trial would come on till six o'clock. GUILTY,Of stealing,but not privat. Tried by the Middlesex hurt before Mr Baron HOTHAM. Transportation

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Bill Piper on 23rd January 2019

mtDNA searches by direct-female-line descendants throw up a lot of east-European Jewish names and connections. This suggests we should be looking for a Jewish ancestry for Maria.

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Sarah on 18th August 2018

Just a thought. Some convicts used a false name to protect their families. Women sometimes reverted to their maiden names. There is a Maria FOUCAR, born 1762, a Huguenot, daughter of Jean FOUCAR and Susanne d'ISRAEL. (FamilySearch) She's the right age, has the right first name, and a maiden name that fits the circumstances. Plus, she's of foreign extraction, which supports the observation that Israel is not an English name.

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Ian L Gordon on 15th August 2017

Convict documents indicate her birth/christening is in 1771 (Flynn:359). MyHeritage-Super-Search found a "Maria Israel", but she was Chrstnd UK 1802, and this Maria was already in NSW from 1790. A "Mary Israel" also found, Chrstnd even in 1771; but she died in the next year. The only likely match left by Super-Search was this "Maria Acherill". (Super-Search found other variants also, such as "Icheral".)The name "Israel" is not a likely British name, and may be a clerk's error. But "Acherill" spoken with a Herefordahire accent could well become "Ïsrael". I propose that "Acherill" is her real name; and that GS1040021 is her christening. That is, I concur with Flynn that her age on her death certificate is 10y too many.

ref;norfolk island and its first settlement by r nobbs. maria israel.ship=lady juliana.arrived/at N.I 7 aug 1790.departed 29 dec 1807. c,m c=arrived as convict to colony. m=lived as married person on N.I thomas chaffey.ship=scarsborough(2) arrived/at N.I 7 jan 1799.departed 29 dec 1807. c,m children; ann israel/chaffey. born N.I 7 jan 1799.departed 26 dec 1807 elizabeth "/" at " c 1792 departed 3 sep 1808 hannah "/" born " 13 mar 1803 departed 29 dec 1807 lydia "/" " " 21 mar 1795 " " maria "/" " " 21 jan 1793 died 4 feb 1793 zacharia "/" " " c 1801 departed 26 dec 1807 --chez

common law wife of Thomas Chaffey. 6 children born on Norfolk Island 2 children born Tasmania